Mowing-machine.



F. H. CU TSFORTH.

MOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. r, 1915.

1,179,702. Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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WI T N58858: IN VE/V TOR BY Cl ML A TTORNEY F. H. CUTSFORTH.

MOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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' FRANK H., cursronrmor GERVAIS, onncoimi A MOWVZIENG-MAGHYINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, FRANK H. CUTsFoRTH,

- a citizen of the United- States, residing at Gervais, county ofMarion, State of Oregon,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mowing-Machines, ofwhichthe following is a-specification. 1

My invention relatesto machines for mowing hay, grain, andthe like, andparticul'arly to certain improvementsuin a vertical cutter-bar at-theouter end of the Shori zontal cutter-bar. Y I

The objections to such vertical cutters heretofore-have been that theyeasily clog" up with the stalks of the grass or grain" being cut, andthat their usenecessitates the removal of the shoe upon the outer end"of the horizontal cutter and the installation of a special shoe for usewith the vertical cutter, and the replacement of the original. shoe'when'the vertical cutter is removed I overcome the above objectionsby'means of the construction described herein: and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,

which-form a part of this appl catlon for I Letters Patent, and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view ofma pork tion of a horizontal cutter-barwith a vertical cutter-bar attached.theretoembodying my invention. Fig.2 is a side elevation of a part ofthe shoean'd-the' vertical cutterbars.Fig. 3 is a section on line 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the shoe. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the sidev plate of the shoe. Fig. 6 is adetailed side elevation of one of the vertical cutter-bars. Fig. 7

is a rear elevation of the vertical cutter-bars and their mounting. Fig.8 is a perspective view of the cover used to close the opening in theshoe when the vertical cutter-bars are removed.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews,in which,

numeral 1 is 'the horizontal cutter-bar, 2 the fingers, and 3 the rod aswell known and generally constructed inthe art. A recess 4 is providedin the shoe for receiving the bar 3, the bar and the shoe being securedtogether by bolts. The rod or post 5, supporting the verticalcutter-bars, is mounted in a dovetailed recess 6 in the shoe,and'secured A side plate 7 is provided for the shoe and securedthereto'by bolt 6 and screw 8. A longitudinal orifice 9 is formedintermediate said plate and the shoe, into which orifice the lower endof cut- Specification of Letters Patent.

will not clog the cutters. "'16- raised' as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2, any grass or grain caught upon the shoe will AA of Fig.

- ter-bar 16 enters upon its-downward stroke;

ting edge 10 of said cutter and the upper edge'll of the'plate 7. Acutter 12 is inserted into plate 7 and is adapted to contact with thevertical cutter-bar 16 as same entersfilongitudinalorifice 9. Extendingfor- @rearwardly and terminating adjacent the lower diagonal cuttingedge 15 of the cutter- .bar, as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 6. A coactingcutter bar 17- contacts with cutter-bar 16, the cuttlng edges of thesaidcutter-bars being alternatelyspaced, as shown in Figs. .1 and 2, and.thus. adapted to cut or shear the grass/or grain as said cutter-barsreciprocate. Cutter-bars 17 does not enter longitudinal. orifice9between the shoe and plate 7.

W'th the cutter-bars in the position shown on full lines in Figs. 1 and2, any

grass or grain that may be caught upon the .shoe .will be directed bythe upper edge 14 of finger 13 between the cutting edges 15 and 18-ofcutter-bars 16 311(117 respectively, and thus said grass or grain willbe cut and With cutter-bar be directed along the shoe between same andthe lower cutting edge 10 of cutter-bar 16, and will be cut as saidcutter-bar enters orifice 9 upon the downward stroke thereof. It is thusevident that no clogging up of the cutter-bars by reason of uncut grasslodging between said cutter-bars and the shoe is possible. A guide arm19 is bolted to post 5 and extended forward and upward for the purposeof guiding tall grass downward toward the vertical cutter-bars l6 and 17To prevent clogging at the upper ends of cutter-bars 16 and 17 by reasonof any tall grass remaining uncut and falling over upon the upper endsof said cutter-bars or the operating mechanism thereof, I provide arearwardly extending upwardly projecting extension or elongation 20 ofarm 19, adapted to be substantially above and adjacent to the verticalcutter-bars.

For the purpose of imparting a reciprocatory motion to cutter-bars 16and 17 there is pivotally mounted upon the rear of post 5 a triple armedbell-crank 21, having two.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916. Application filed september 7, 1915. a SerialNo. 49,357. i

arms ext ending substantially horizontallyand onearm dependingsubstantiallyvertically as-shown in Fig.-7. Reach rod si22 connect thehorizontal arms of said bellcrank 21 with the upper ends of the cutter?I bars 16 and 17, said rods being pivotally' removed and pitman=22disconncted'from' I a cover 23? formed to fit saidorifice, vhaving.

connected-at each end" thereof. A pitman 22 is pivotally connectedto thevertical arm; of bell-crank 21, andextending through an orifice 23 intheshoeg' 'connectsto any con-v venient reciprocating member of themower, as bar 3,.said' connection being made in any convenient manner.--

When it is desired to remove the vertical cutter-bars, and use only thehorizontallcutters, as for low grass or the like, bolt.,6 is

bar 3, and thereupon post 5 may be readily lifted out of dovetailedsocket'6.in' theshoefl and removed With allattachments thereto as aunit.

a dovvnvvardly'turned finger 24 adapted to enter orifice-9 at'theextreme forvvardpoint thereof, a. dovetailed shaped portion 25' adaptedto enter the dovetailed socket- 6 in v the shoe, and adownwardlyextendingflange 26 having an orifice 27 v therein. adapted'i'to' receivebolt 6 scribed a preferred constructionv and arrangement of partsconsidered desirable I in V materializing my invention,-;I WlSh -L toinv r 1 I claim is': -1. .In a mowing machine, a horizontal "cut-'ter-arm, a shoe mounted upon the outward vgation-of said arm; v

2. In iainowingmachine having vertically reciprocatingcutter-bars, and ashoe havfth'at m'ay fairlybeconsidered to come Within the scopeandpurview of my) invention,

asdefin'edby the appended claims. I-Ifaving thus disclosedmy invention,What endof said arm, said shoe having a dovetailed socket therein, avertical 7 standard adapted "to be secured Within said dovetailedsocket,-

vertical reciprocating cutter-bars"mounted;

a side plate secured to the outer face of said upon said standard,aforvva'rdly extending o finger upon oneof said vertical cutter-barsorifice therebetween, said orifice beingin the plane .of said fingerandadapted to allow: c said finger to enter therein, aIforWardly ex Y -rtending upwardly projecting guide-arm To fill longitudinal orifice 9--after the removal of the vertical cutter-bars,'I'provide' wardlyextendingiupwardly projecting eloning a longitudinal; orifice thereinsubstan tially: in the plane of one ofsaid cutter-bars,

a forwardly; extending finger integral with i oneofsaid cutter barsadapted to enter said orifice-m a 'Myjinvention maybeniade of any sizeand constructed of any material'deemedcon venient andsuitable in adevice of this char- In; vwitne ssiwhereof l ,the.-foregoing as my-town,I hereunto aflix'imysignaturein the presence-of two subscribingwitnesses.

" Witnesses: r MINNIE S EGMUND, A R; SIEGMUND. "P

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FRANK'Hi-CUTSFQRTH.

shoeand adapted to :form a longitudinal 5 mounted upon said standard;:and 5a rear-42

